Collective bargaining gets bad rap

11:30 PM,
Dec. 8, 2013

Daniel Cornfield

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Daniel Cornfield

By choosing to affiliate with the United Automobile Workers union, Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga would join one of the boldest initiatives in labor-management cooperation in the United States. They would join the ranks of those Tennesseans who also work in prestigious, unionized major corporations that drive the Tennessee economy and provide thousands of Tennesseans with decent jobs.

Yet, despite the positive impact of unionized major corporations in Tennessee, some high-ranking Tennessee elected public officials have been actively discouraging Volkswagen and its ...